Table 2.

FibroScan values and histological stages in 111 patients with CHC. Group A: cases with Masson's trichrome/Sirius red and orcein concordant stages 1-2. Group B: cases with Masson's trichrome/Sirius red and orcein concordant stages 3-4. Group C: cases with Masson's trichrome/Sirius red and orcein discordant results (orcein stages 1-2 versus Masson's trichrome/Sirius red stages 3-4; no cases showed the reverse).

	Stiffness < 9.5	Stiffness > 9.5	P value
Number of cases = 111	80	31
Group A (stages I-II) = 73 cases	64	9	<0.001
Group B (stages III-IV) = 26 cases	5	21	0.002
Group C = 12 cases
Orcein = stages 1-2;   MT/SR = stages 3-4	11	1	0.007
Orcein = stages 3-4;   MT/SR = stages 1-2	0	0
	0	0